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Three major events occurred for me last year (2010), all in the space of about 2 weeks. I turned 50. The following day I got married. Two weeks later, my oldest daughter became pregnant with her first child and my first grandchild.

Most middle-aged people will tell you that in their minds, they still feel 20 something. It's the same for me.

Wasn't it only yesterday that I was planning a night out with guys from the surf club? That gorgeous new perm. Flaired, cuffed denims and the red t-shirt with the off-the-shoulder frill. Corked platform wedgies. **sigh**

Suddenly I'm looking in the mirror and wondering how 30 years can flash by so damned quickly!

So here I am in cyberspace, sharing my genuine shock and horror with anyone who'll listen and maybe I'll even meet some other over 50s who find themselves in the same predicament!

Welcome to my dilemna!!

Monday, January 25, 2021

Moan Day

I did not enjoy today.

A new pair of shoes and two new rings did little to cushion the blow of today’s woes.

We had much to do but the gods were against us.

Our first stop was at our financial planners office ... which is closed! The story is too long to explain, but they are now situated on the Sunshine Coast and we were given conflicting information regarding these movements and how we should handle it.

Fail.

Next was Adoring Husband’s appointment with his Dr.

We were running a little early so we ducked into Tinkerbells where I found a couple nice rings with aquamarine in them. We also purchased a dragon for Chicklet’s birthday.

Dr Bills was running very late so our 11.30am appt turned into a 12.15pm appt.

The good news is that AH’s test results came back clear - no prostate cancer and no bladder cancer.

The bad news is that the condition that put him in hospital came very close to killing him and it’s more than likely he will require antibiotics on a permanent basis to prevent further episodes.

Ugh 😳 that sucks.

From there we took AH’s new glasses back to Spec Savers to be repaired. That’s when I bought some new shoes. They started at $159 and were on sale for $99 but when she scanned them they came down to $79. She then checked my customer points account and I had $17 available so I accepted that which reduced the shoes to $62!

Bargain!

We did some grocery shopping and it was about 2.15pm when we placed ourselves at the end of the queue outside Centrelink.

Our financial planner failed to provide Centrelink with one document for us and as a result we are now required to provide extra info. Not just a page or two, but hundreds of pages!

90 long hot uncomfortable minutes later, our situation had not improved and our financial advisor will be receiving a swift kick up the rear from us.

Hopefully we can get this resolved quickly.

We decided to grab a coffee and a juice from Su Jus Bar. God I needed that sustenance!

HBW still don’t have my paper bags with handles that I use for the shop.

We were able to pick up a new prescription for Colli’s medication.

G & D supplies were closed so we couldn’t check for the bags there.

On the drive home we almost had a head on collision with a HBW truck that was overtaking a car just before a bend!

We were home by 5pm and feeling tired and frustrated and hangry.

Thankfully, I’d bought a hot roast pork from Coles so we were sitting down to eat by 5.30pm.

I can’t believe it’s almost 11pm and I’m very happy that tomorrow is my lazy self care day. It’s going to be blissful 😍

Nite all.

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